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Thursday, 05 September 2024

BBC News

• ULEZ has cut children's school car rides - studyResearch shows children living in the zone are now nearly four times more likely to be walking or cycling.
• Volvo gives up plan to sell only EVs by 2030The car maker's decision comes as industry faces slowing demand in some major markets for electric vehicles.

The Guardian

• Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study findsEnvironmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests Air pollution is associated with a higher infertility risk in men, while noise pollution is associated with a higher risk of infertility in women, a study has found.The study, which has been peer-reviewed and published in the BMJ, looked at whether long-term exposure to road traffic noise and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a particular form of air pollution, was associated with a higher risk of infertility in men and women.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• UK Chancellor urged to impose pay-per-mile scheme on electric carsChancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged by public transport charity, Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) to reform vehicle taxation or face a massive revenue gap. CBT has written a letter to the Chancellor proposing that drivers of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) should be changed depending on how far they travel, introducing a pay-per-mile scheme. The public transport charity has warned that an estimated £5 billion a year from fuel duty will decline by 2033. This would leave a £5 billion black hole if a new solution isn’t introduced say CBT. Silviya Barrett of ...